GENERAL NOTES (Parking, etc.)
This situation was kind of fun to watch, and this location is pretty easy to find. What happened was, the Great Blue Heron was just enjoying some fishing and then these geese floated by...and one of them kept trying to communicate (but the heron wasn't having it). Parking is easy to find too, yet watch out for bird droppings under the trees as most spots are covered with trees, AND bird poop. It's a quick, easy walk down to where I took this picture (about 1 to 2 minutes). First note is that I wished I had a longer lens (was shooting at 300mm) to get a closer crop of this Blue Heron...not close enough even with a 2x crop (Micro Four Thirds, GH5) sensor. There was no way I could get physically any closer, as the river bank and then the river were right there...and I was not going in the river without waders (as this gear isn't waterproofed, so I wasn't doing risk-taking). It did end up working out pretty well though (with a wider shot) as the geese came floating by, providing a good compositional balance!
*As A.I. (artificial intelligence) started sneaking into the photo & video production industries, I decided to go for 100% realism in my work. What this means for me, is to shoot for realistic-looking photos and video content. My approach includes using custom, lens-sensor specific CAMERA SETTINGS (and sometimes lens-sensor LUTs when needed). I never use A.I. to generate images, and I don't do tricks using Photoshop. There are adjustments I make to produce more accurate PRINTS but my goal is to limit editing as much as possible.